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Claes OldenburgFour Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus by Claes Oldenburg erotic nude scene1975
1975
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This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of joy and come-hither coquettishness. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown.
Four Figures and a Head, on Giant Phallus, 1977.
Plate: 20½ × 22⅝ in. / 52.1 × 57.5 cm Sheet: 31 x 37⅝ / 78.7 × 95.6 cm
Etching in two colors on blue-gray, thin, smooth India paper colléd to white, thick, slightly textured paper. Edition of 60 with 12 Artist’s Proofs. This copy 60/60. Signed in graphite, lower right: Oldenburg.; dated in graphite, lower right: 77; numbered in graphite, lower left; copyright blind stamp, lower right, in plate. Printed by Maurice Payne and Dany Levy at Petersburg Press, London. Published by Petersburg Press, New York and London. 1 run from 1 plate: Blue and Crimson
Based on the drawing: Page of Figures, Including Figure and Head, on Giant Phallus, 196s, ball-point pen on paper, 30 x 22 in. / 76.2 x 55.9 cm
Condition: Image is fresh. Top edge of sheet is bent horizontally. Mild aging of the paper tone especially along upper edge. Some wear on corners and edges as photographed.
Catalogue reference: Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters and Ephemera by Claes Oldenburg A Catalogue Raisonné 1958-1996 Hudson Hills Press in association with Madison Art Center Wisconsin, New York, 1997. Illustrated no. 165
- Creator:Claes Oldenburg (1929, American, Swedish)
- Creation Year:1975
- Dimensions:Height: 31 in (78.74 cm)Width: 37.6 in (95.51 cm)
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- Condition:Image is fresh. Top edge of sheet is bent horizontally. Mild aging of the paper tone especially along upper edge. Some wear on corners and edges as photographed.
- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1211212200972
Claes Oldenburg
One of the original Pop artists, Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm. The son of a Swedish diplomat, he spent his early years in Stockholm and Oslo until the family moved to Chicago in 1937.
Oldenburg attended Yale University, then returned to Chicago, where he worked for a newspaper and also attended drawing classes at the Art Institute. He moved to New York in 1956.
Oldenburg’s early art in New York were works of urban realism in cardboard and paper that were influenced by the work of Dubuffet and the New Realists, and were seen as a brutal response to society. In 1961 Oldenburg rented a storefront on the Lower East Side and sold brightly painted plaster objects as well as three-dimensional and wall reliefs based on hamburgers, pastries, men's and women's clothing, and other commodities. The signature soft sculptures followed, objects of commonplace household objects made of vinyl or canvas stuffed with kapok. These pieces transformed the medium — the soft sculptures are intended to be sensual experiences and commentary on our material world of objects and our relationship to them.
In 1965, still working in vinyl, plaster and cardboard, Oldenburg began making large works termed “Colossal Monuments,” which are large public sculptures with public and private meanings. In the 1970s, Oldenburg was fabricating large-scale works in durable materials such as steel, and working with Coosje van Bruggen, he had received many such public commissions in the United States and Europe.
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